Oh, and by the way -- all 31 winners (one for each day in December) will be entered to win a shiny new Nexus 4, still in its box, sitting here on our desk. (In case you had any concern for our ability to snag what remains an unsnaggable device.)

So ... for today's entries: Leave a comment on this post and tell us the top Android-related feature you're hoping for in 2013. One entry per person, yadda yadda yadda.

The feature I want isn't really new but I would love to see a serious flagship phone with full keyboard. That was one thing I've missed having since the original g1. Other than that maybe better low light performance camera. :)

I would love a google play card...ok, love is such a strong word...but still, seeing the multiple windows open feature in all android devices would be nice, then apple could copy it and sue an android OEM....

I hope to get the ability to have plain Android ROM on my device from manufacturers. I hope that manufacturers would offer plain rom and customized rom so that we can play with either interface and have a much quicker updates.

Real cloud syncing for apps and games to compete with iCloud. I want to be able to play a game on my phone, then pick up my tablet and pick up where I left off. Same thing for all my other apps. I want all my info to be synced across devices.

Honestly, better integration between Mac and Android. I think Mac is the superior OS, but it just refuses to play nice with my GS3 in the hopes that I'll got back to iphone. I hope they start being more compatible.

I would love to see more improvements to Google Now, and especially seeing the travelling section when travelling to different parts of a country such as India, where language changes in every state almost..

I know it's a small thing, but now that they've added swipe-to-delete to the Gmail app, I'd like to see it on the regular mail app and in the Messaging app. I'm an old Palm Pre user and appreciate the blending of features Duarte is bringing over :)

I would like the ability to view/share photosphere shots anywhere. Twitter, Facebook, G+, email, browser, MMS, etc. Just like a regular photo or video that we can share now, that's what I want for photosphere pics.

There are several features I would love to see. Better bdefault battery management. Better, faster task managment by default. But most of all, I would love to see a mandatory three month or less update cycle for OEM,s.

A few I'd like to see:
1) An official, not accidentally released, JB upgrade for the OG RAZR
2) Amazon instant video apps for Androids outside the Kindle Fire family
3) Expansion of Google Now capabilities
4) A better looking Google Music app

Better management of what apps can run notifications. iOS paradigm may be a bit too restrictive, but I like that it errs on the side of battery life and central control (rather than hidden in each app's preferences and only having an ability to block the actual notification on an os level--which I assume means the same battery use, just nothing showing up in the tray...).

For 2013 I'd love for Android to implement ways to put any app in the notification window (within reason) Something we could drag and drop in. Merry Christmas to everyone at Android Central and Happy New Year. Keep up the great work you guys and gals do!

I think what I'm hoping to see is further optimization of the OS (project butter is good but sometimes acts like it's not there) and better battery performance, though I'm not sure how much of that is on Android vs the battery smart people.

I'd really like to see NFC evolved in 2013. This is a killer feature, which is waaaay underrated due to bad PR and lack of awareness. I am really hoping to see it evolve into something more - because the technology itself is awesome.

More options on the native messaging app. When I used go sms, two features that stuck out to me were the ability to split and number messages larger than 160 characters for CDMA networks, and the choice to preserve image size up to a certain amount. When I send an MMS in the stock app it compresses images a ridiculous amount. Also, the ability to block texts from a particular person.

I think having a achievement system baked into the OS would be really nice (think of a better implemented Game Center). System wide achievements and friends list would go a long way in making a great gaming ecosystem.

Photosphere is nice and I like using it but the one feature I like more than all is the MultiUser on 4.2.1! Now I can have my tablet set up how I want and let the kids have their own account and I don't have to litter my screen with games or folders for them! And it's so easy to use that my 4 year old knows how to switch to the kids profile and game

Google integrated find my droid type of service integrated with Google Maps. Also a full a non complicated and no root needed way of backing up device data and app data and using it with Google Drive. Make it compatible with all devices running Android 2.3 and up.

- An application for developper to monitor their app on google play (download, rating, comments, crash report...)

- A better notification system: ability to change led color without external app and the ability to add personalizing tiles to quickly see the number of missing calls, messages, push notifications, ...

I'd love the ability to wipe data from a device, BUT leave installed apps intact. Even better, the option to choose whether to wipe system OR app data, with the option to retain installed apps, instead of having them all nuked out.

Some way to manage background services would be great as well. Windows Phone, for example, lets you disable background services without disabling the app entirely - it'd be great if Android had something like that too out of the box.

Android also needs an iCloud equivalent. There's already Google Drive, Google really needs to allow the OS and apps to utilize it the way iOS does with iCloud.

I am looking for Google to fully support all features on there Nexus line. An example is USB host support for the Nexus 4. Also I would like too see the bugs worked out of Google Wallet, success rate is below 50%.

Not going to happen but to open up the LTE on the N4. But i'd like to see the ablity to gift items from the play store so I could buy apps for my daughter on her N7 with out having me CC info on her account

I would like to see better quality audio and more musical applications to take advantage of the better audio. Android phones in speakerphone mode or playing music through the speakers just sounds awful.

More than anything, I would love to have the merger of Messenger and Google Talk. I think I'll get that wish. SIP for google voice would be nice as well, although I doubt I'll get that wish. I'm looking forward to Google Now enhancements as well.

Better sync and communication between phones and tables, my S3 and Nexus 7 are having a hard time to share information, pictures, etc. I wish Jelly Bean had something that would make that easier without having to install a bunch of 3rd party apps

With the ever thinning line between the size of a smartphone and a seven inch tablet, I just like the manufacturers to get it done and over with. Huawei's supposed to come out with a 6.1" smartphone and even a rumored 8.4 or 8.6" phablet, in 2013. I would love to see a 7" Nexus Smartphone with full Tablet functionality. But of course, this would mean lost sales for the manufacturers....dream on, I guess.

I am hoping for Android to make updates a requirement for manufacturers. There's no reason Samsung still allows ATT (or any other carrier) to dictate what goes on the phones after they sold that many devices.

New features I am hoping to see in 2013 for Android are: "Live Tiles" widgets, improved Google Play store with quality apps, BETTER battery life management. Oh would love to have a Nexus 4 in my hands!!

Google specifies hardware but not manufacturer (EG, must be quad core, must have 2Gig ram, must have specific minimums for camera (sensor size, performance, resolution). If a phone manufacturer's device meets those requirements it can be labelled and marketed as "Nexus"

Key Lime Pie (or whatever the "K" OS will be called)

next evolution of battery hardware

(And I gotta say I'm curious about sammy's flexible screen that have been leaked)

I'm hoping for Google to put their foot down and work out deals with carriers/manufacturers so that we can install vanilla Android releases on carrier branded handsets, or get an "opt out" feature while setting up a carrier device that doesn't install any bloatware or carrier branded software. If anything, this could be a workaround for users to get rid of bloatware and software that we don't need without resorting to rooting and dealing with unrefined/unofficial builds. I think the carriers need to be shown that allowing pure Android on their sets won't affect their bottom line. General users that aren't tech savvy should have an easy route to pure Android when Nexus phones are hard to come by. (or if the carrier can get them a better deal)

I think along the lines of the GNote2, true multi-windows/multitasking as a standard feature moving forward for all builds of the OS from KLP 5.X forward. Another feature that would be nice is have all app devs write one app that works for both smartphones and tablets with the appropriate layout displaying depending on which device the app is loaded instead of separate versions of the app for each type of device.

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